Jack Oakie’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe

Highest-ranked title
Highest-ranked title
Jack Oakie has 3 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1940s through the 1960s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including The Great Dictator.
Recurring themes

To Be or Not to Be
1942
Comedy · War

A Foreign Affair
1948
Romance · Comedy

Unfaithfully Yours
1948
Comedy · Romance

Boccaccio '70
1962
Comedy · Romance

To Be or Not to Be
1983
Comedy · War

The Lady Eve
1941
Comedy · Romance

Complexes
1965
Comedy

The Girl with a Pistol
1968
Comedy

Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
Dir. Charlie Chaplin · With Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie

Jerry Webster and Carol Templeton are rival Madison Avenue advertising executives who each dislike each other’s methods. After he steals a client out from under her cute little nose, revenge prompts her to infiltrate his secret "VIP" campaign in order to persuade the mystery product’s scientist to switch to her firm.
Dir. Delbert Mann · With Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall

Nick Garcos comes back from his tour of duty in World War II planning to settle down with his girlfriend, Polly Faber. He learns, however, that his father was recently beaten and burglarized by mob-connected trucker Mike Figlia, and Nick resolves to get even. He partners with prostitute Rica, and together they go after Mike, all the while getting pulled further into the local crime underworld.
Dir. Jules Dassin · With Richard Conte, Valentina Cortese, Lee J. Cobb